This is second legionary of XVIII Legio, painted exactly the same as the first one. Miniature comes from 'Burning of Prospero' boxed set but the helmet is taken from the set released by Forge World (as the helmet of the first miniature too). Decal of the lizard head was supplied in one of the Space Marines sets from WH40K.

All those gold elements were rather time and labour-consuming, but I think that they look rather good. So, two astartes painted, eight more to go, I have to paint them eventually.

Contrary to Inkub's opiniony, I like Salamanders as a Legio. If some of the Legions were full of idealistic ideals, Salamanders were certainly amongst them - next to XIII and - maybe - XVII Legions. Warhammer 40K fluff is not kind for them but Salamanders, despite all odds, are still themselves - defenders of humanity.

This time something relatively new - Primaris Inceptor from 'Dark Imperium' set. I bought this box of new WH40K mainly for new Primaris Marines, which are really, really good as miniatures, but I'm not entirely keen on using them in a game (I think new Dark Angels codes will change my attitude eventually). From the modelling point of view, Primaris Marines are very nice to work with - maybe with an exception of two spots on the jump pack, which are visible not filed enough - sorry, I'm being lazy.

The only part of this miniature which I don't like is the clear plastic base - after a bit of thinking I decided that the joint between miniature itself and the plastic rod is too delicate to be able to withstand rigors of tabletop battles (and transport) and decided to use paperclip wire instead (which I usually use to strengthen some joints).

Painting was standard, my invented color scheme without any special techniques. Not very good freehand on the shoulder pads and quite good decal there too;) Painting was really fast, especially considering my latest achievements on this field. Three more miniatures are on my painting desk already and who knows, maybe I will paint them till the end of this year!

One more miniature painted by my brother, soldier of XVIII Legion, Salamander. Miniature itself is a plastic one from 'Burning of Prospero' game.

To be honest, Salamanders aren't my cup of tea - miniatures wise. I really like their fluff though, especially Horus Heresy related one. Books from this series describing Vulcan are - in my opinion - one of the best.

Miniature, as usual, was cleaned and primed and then left for good few weeks, awaiting for my painting muse to come. Once I was in a mood for painting, I simply took a first miniature I saw and finished it in one evening. Figure was suprisingly easy and fast to paint, once all armour parts were done.

As I said many times already, I really think that LotR miniatures by GW are one of the finest ever Citadel produced. This particular orc is no exception, I like him a lot. Maybe it is a pose, maybe his face, anyway - it he is really cool. I'm also glad how he turned out.

And, as Middle-earth Battle Companies rulebook is just around corner, it may be enough for someone to - finally - paint some more Rohirrims. My orcs are waiting...

A long time ago, in a galaxy far away... Mormeg and I have had an excellent idea of quickly painting some Wh40K army, tyranids were our choice. Incidentally, at the same time two or three boxes with alien creatures were released in a really good prices so this was our start. We bought them, I painted four miniatures as a test, to check colors, managed to prepare for painting about dozen more and... yes, of course, we grounded to halt, with zero more enthusiasm to continue. Don't get me wrong, I really like tyranids, I'd love to play with them but there are so many things to paint....

Anyway, mere three years after this project started, my brother managed to finish his first termagaunt. Slightly different in colors from mine, as Mormeg didn't bother to strictly follow my color guidelines;)

Searching through my old models sitting on the shelves, looking for something I could take photos for Inkub's blog, I found an old, unfinished model, described in one of the Chaos army books as 'Lord of Nurgle on Daemonic Mount'. It came to me that it would be nice to finally finish him. I started to collect Chaos army somewhere during 5th edition (or was it 6th?), when beastmen were introduced as a separate army - first in White Dwarf, then with its own, regular army book.

Initially, I bought a lot of horned fellows, then i bought some Chaos warriors and various allies. Well, I managed to paint just a few beastmen but it was a different story with Chaos warriors - I painted much more those miniatures - and this is another one.

GW released a lot really cool Chaos miniatures, but one I like the most is the one shown today. It was left unfinished for a long time, but finishing it was a really enjoyable experience. Painting itself was very fun, greens and browns are easy to paint. Additionally, metal miniature was of excellent quality. In fact, painting this champion was so fun that I want to finish few more Nurgle models. If only I could sleep no more...

First unit painted for my 10mm Empire Minihammer army - troops armed with muzzle-loaded primitive firearms, 'hakbuts' in Reikspiel. Those are miniatures by Warmonger Miniatures, excellent cast, detailed, maybe slightly bigger then nominal 10mm. I didn't paint any command group for them (yet), as they will be mainly used as detachements, protecting flanks of spearmen of halbardiers.